Saskatoon Westminster Pastoral Charge
Saskatoon Westminster Pastoral Charge was formed 1925, as part of Saskatoon Presbytery and consisting of Westminster United Church. Around 1968, Westminster United amalgamated with Grace United Church, to form Grace-Westminster United Church (and Pastoral Charge), in Saskatoon.
Saskatoon Grace Pastoral Charge
Saskatoon Grace Pastoral Charge was formed 1925, as part of Saskatoon Presbytery and consisting of Grace United Church. Around 1968, Grace United amalgamated with Westminster United Church, to form Grace-Westminster United Church (and Pastoral Charge), in Saskatoon.
Borden Pastoral Charge was formed as a United Church charge in 1925, part of Battleford Presbytery and containing the Borden preaching point, as well as Halcyonia and Thistle Dale (as of 1926). By 1932, Thistle Dale was no longer listed and the charge had amalgamated with Radisson to form Borden-Radisson Pastoral Charge, with points at Borden, Halcyonia and Radisson. Around 1967, the charge combined with Maymont and Speers-Richard Pastoral Charges to form the shared ministry Maymont Larger Parish. After the shared ministry was dissolved, in 2005, Borden Pastoral Charge was re-established.
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The Corporate Information Services department of the City of Saskatoon was established sometime between 1989 and early 1990, as a successor to the Management Information Services department. It was responsible for all corporate and departmental information technology needs, central computing services, telephone equipment and related services. It was replaced in 2014 by the Information Technology department.
The Grey Nuns are a Canadian religious institute of Roman Catholic religious sisters, founded in 1737 by Marguerite d'Youville, a young widow. Later, the Grey Nuns were commonly employed within Residential Schools operated by the Catholic Church.
Fr. Gagnon was the Principal of Beauval Indian [Indigenous] Residential School. On July 2nd, 1940, he ran over Hermen Piche in the school truck. Herman later died from his injuries.
The Dominion Bureau of Statistics was founded in 1918 as Canada’s central statistical agency. It was responsible for conducting annual censuses of industry, decennial censuses of population, housing and agriculture, in addition to providing trade, commerce, crime, transportation and other general statistics. In 1971, the Bureau was renamed Statistics Canada.
Prairie Farm Rehabilitation Administration
The Prairie Farm Rehabilitation Administration was a branch of the federal ministry of Agriculture (later Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada). It was originally founded in 1935 in order to deal with soil erosion, soil conservation and a lack of water resources caused by a long and severe drought that affected the prairies throughout the decade. While its soil-conservation role was moved to another agency in 1946, the PFRA continued to be involved in water development and conservation projects, manage nearly 10,000km of community pastures, and encourage farmers to develop shelterbelts (rows of trees) to protect fields from wind erosion up until its dissolution in 2009.
Victor James Ferguson was born in Newry, in what is now Northern Ireland in July 1887. He was an apprentice to various shipowners before immigrating to Canada in 1911, where he settled in Saskatoon. He was employed by the city for a year as the assistant city auditor before moving to Regina, where he spent several years as that city’s auditor. While there, he earned a degree as a chartered accountant in 1914. Three years later, he returned to Saskatoon and set up his own accounting office. He was hired by the City of Saskatoon to audit its finances for the fiscal year ending Dec. 30, 1921.
He died on May 30, 1948 and was buried on June 4th of that year in Woodlawn Cemetery.
Wawota Pastoral Charge was formed as a new self-sustaining United Church charge in 1925, part of Qu'Appelle Presbytery. As of 1926, it consisted of preaching appointments at Wawota, Glen Adelaide and Fernley. Between 1946 and 1951, the Fernley point left the charge (possibly closed). Around 1954, Kelso-Walpole joined Wawota to form Wawota-Kelso Pastoral Charge, which later returned to the name Wawota Pastoral Charge. As of 1962, the charge consisted of points at Kelso, Walpole and Wawota. By 1965, only Kelso and Wawota remained, and by 1975, only Wawota. On June 30, 2002, the charge amalgamated with Maryfield-Fairlight Pastoral Charge to form Crossroads United Pastoral Charge.
Kelso Pastoral Charge was formed as a new self-sustaining United Church charge in 1925, part of Qu'Appelle Presbytery. As of 1926, it consisted of preaching appointments at Kelso and Walpole. By 1932, the name had changed to Kelso-Walpole Pastoral Charge. Around 1936, additional points Vandura and Fairmede were also part of the charge, though they returned to Vandura Pastoral Charge by 1940, while Doonside was added to Kelso-Walpole Pastoral Charge. In the early 1950s, Kelso-Walpole joined with Wawota Pastoral Charge to form Wawota-Kelso Pastoral Charge, which was listed as Wawota Pastoral Charge by 1962.
Vandura Pastoral Charge was formed as a new self-sustaining United Church charge in 1925, part of Qu'Appelle Presbytery. The Vandura preaching appointment moved into Earlswood Pastoral Charge, ca.1926, alongside Iona, Brookside, Fairmede, and Earlswood. By 1932, Vandura Pastoral Charge was re-established, with points at Vandura, Iona, Fairmede, and Brookside. As of 1936, the Fairmede and Vandura points were listed as part of Kelso-Walpole Pastoral Charge, while Brookside was with Kennedy-Langbank Pastoral Charge. Vandura Pastoral Charge was re-established by 1940, consisting again of Brookside, Iona, Fairmede, and Vandura. Between 1951 and 1962, Brookside left the charge, and by 1965, only Vandura and Fairmede remained. Vandura Pastoral Charge likely closed around 1975.
Lebret (Qu’Appelle) Indian Industrial Residential School
The Lebret (Qu’Appelle, St. Paul’s, Whitecalf) Industrial School, (1884 – 1998) , operated by the Roman Catholic Church (Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate and the Grey Nuns) from 1884 until 1973, was one of the first three industrial schools that opened following the recommendations of the Davin Report, and was fully funded by the government. Lebret school has a long history as one of the first industrial schools to open and the last to close.
Beauval Indian Residential School
Beauval (Lac La Plonge) Indian Residential School (1860 – 1995) was initially located in Île-à-la-Crosse, in what became Treaty 10 land. It became an official boarding school in 1897 with government funding for 12 children. In 1906, the Roman Catholic Mission that operated the school, moved the site at Lac la Plonge. The Mission ran the school until the federal government took control in 1969. The government worked in cooperation with the Board of Directors (comprised of the Chiefs of the Indian Bands in the Meadow Lake District) until the mid-70s, when the government transferred control of the residences to a First Nations parent group in response to their proposals. The school land became part of the La Plonge Indian Reserve in 1979. The Meadow Lake Tribal Council ran the school as the Beauval Indian Education Centre (an amalgamation of La Plonge High School and the Beauval Student Residence) from 1985 to 1995. The school buildings were demolished by former students in 1995.
Dr. Orr, a former tuberculosis patient from Manitoba, joined the medical staff of the League in 1926. In 1948, Dr. Ferguson retired, and Dr. Orr succeeded him as General Superintendent and Director of Medical Services. He retired in 1957, succeeded by Dr. Barnett.